blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to work without sleep or rest
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
failure; abortive (attempt, action)
typical; standard; fixed; stereotyped
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
vexing; irritating; impatient
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
(a place) out of one's reach
feeling restless; feeling nervous; fidgety; distracted
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
mother tongue; native language; protolanguage; parent language
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
sense of relief; feeling of relief
to telephone; to make a phone call
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
to be born; to come into the world
student accommodation; student dormitory
emotional scars; mental trauma
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
health (concerns, reasons, etc.)
even if ...; even supposing that ...
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important